Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
INFLEXIBILITIES
Noun
inflexibilities
plural of inflexibility
Source: Wiktionary
INFLEXIBILITY
In*flex"i*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. inflexibilité.]
Definition: The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will or purpose; unbending pertinacity; steadfastness; resoluteness; unchangeableness; obstinacy. The inflexibility of mechanism. A. Baxter. That grave inflexibility of soul. Churchill. The purity and inflexibility of their faith. T. Warton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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